CAPABILITY

Charging ahead: Reimagining the forecourt of the future

THE WORLD IN 2030

The nature of society is changing—driven by global consumer, industry and technology trends.

The future presents challenges as well as opportunities. Fuel retailers need to understand how a number of emerging developments can help them build and improve their businesses.

Disruptive Tech

Machine-to-machine communications and the Internet of Things are driving customer engagement and operational improvement.

By 2030 all new cars produced globally are expected to support 'connected' features1.
The number of smartphones in circulation is predicted to reach 6 billion by 2020, and wearable technologies are predicted to become mainstream.

Workforce patterns

Flexible working hours and at-home working—along with improved internet speeds are reshaping the “daily commute.”

Approximately 4.2 million, or 14 percent of employees in the UK were classed as ‘home-workers’ in 2015 3.

Sharing economy

Vehicle-sharing services are disrupting traditional infrastructure and revolutionizing the way consumers and businesses use transportation.

Ride-hailing apps have claimed to generate up to 11 million rides a day globally4 and are expected to grow exponentially.

PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE

What do fuel retailers need to do to start their journey to meet—and exceed—the evolving needs of digitally-savvy consumers?

Start with data

Having quick and easy access to the right data can help fuel retailers:

Shape retail offerings based on demographics and geographic information

Personalise offerings for each customer based on previous purchases

Optimize operations, improve maintenance regimes and reduce downtimes

Collaborate and innovate

Understand relevant, disruptive technologies that can enable innovative service offerings

Identify the best partners to deliver these digitally-enabled, higher levels of service

Improve agility and speed

The velocity of change will not slow down so prepare to be agile:

Structure your business to identify, accept and act swiftly on emerging threats

Future-proof capabilities at sites and head office locations

MEET THE TEAM

Brian Gray

Brian is a senior manager in Accenture’s Energy industry group. He has over 12 years of experience working with oil and gas clients supporting their downstream fuels retail businesses. Brian is passionate in helping to drive innovation throughout the business and ultimately setting clients up to capitalize on future trends. His experience in fuels retail stretches across customer experience, loyalty, retail site systems, payments, divestments, and large-scale complex deployments.

Malcolm Pratt

Malcolm is a managing director in Accenture's Energy Practice with over 10 years' experience working with oil super majors in their Downstream Retail business. Malcolm has extensive functional experience in fuels retailing, specifically in the areas of retail business models, strategy, marketing and site delivery.

Becky Drewry

Becky is a senior manager in Accenture's Digital practice. She has deep functional knowledge across the retail value chain, and is truly passionate about marketing and loyalty and customer experience.

Judith Jackson

Judith has over 7 years of experience working with major oil companies across the retail value chain, helping them to embrace digital disruption. Judith specialises in helping convenience retailers grow their business through business and technology strategy, customer marketing and analytics.

Mark Gregg

Mark is a technology specialist, with deep knowledge of site systems, payments and loyalty systems within the retail sector. He is a leading industry expert in payments card processing.

Rushad Chinoy

Rushad is a senior manager within Accenture's Fuels Retail consulting practice. He has over 12 years of experience shaping and delivering Business and IT transformation programmes, and has spent the last five years managing large engagements across site systems, convenience retail, operations and retail network at a major IOC.

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